Sid McGinnis

Sidney Foster McGinnis (born October 6, 1949) is an American musician and guitarist, best known for his work on the CBS television show Late Show with David Letterman, as part of the CBS Orchestra.

He made his first appearance in the Late Night with David Letterman band in 1984 as a guest guitarist, and continued as a permanent guitarist with Letterman's television shows until Letterman's retirement.

McGinnis has also toured and/or recorded with numerous artists, including Warren Zevon, Ashford and Simpson, Barry Manilow, Peter Gabriel, Carly Simon, Dire Straits, Robert Fripp's Exposure album, The Sisters Of Mercy, Cool It Reba, Laurie Anderson, David Lee Roth, Bob Dylan, David Bowie, Leonard Cohen Various Positions, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel.

Discography

1975 : Barry Manilow by Barry Manilow 1978 : Peter Gabriel II by Peter Gabriel 1979 : Exposure by Robert Fripp 1979 : Entre Nous by Diane Tell 1979 : Bottom Line by John Mayall 1980 : Making Movies by Dire Straits 1980 : Sacred Songs by Daryl Hall 1980 : Red Cab To Manhattan by Stephen Bishop 1980 : Rock 'N' Rye by Mike Cross 1980 : Come Upstairs by Carly Simon 1980 : Suzanne Fellini by Suzanne Fellini 1981 : Street Angel by Ron Dante 1985 : Lost In The Stars The Music Of Kurt Weill by Various Artists 1985 : Crazy From The Heat by David Lee Roth 1987 : Never Let Me Down by David Bowie 1989 : Coast To Coast by Paul Shaffer 1992 : Revisited by Peter Gabriel 2002 : Anthology by Carly Simon 2003 : Then And Now by Peter Gabriel 2007 : The Essential Paul Simon by Paul Simon